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Meanings of razor (razors) in English

Russian
бритва
Spanish
afeitadora

Bladed tool or device to remove body hair.

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          бритва

          A bladed tool used for the removal of body hair through the act of shaving.

                Usage of razors in English
                1
                It is used in motor car manufacturing, construction work, and safety razors.
                The new yorker
                2
                I read somewhere that they say there's even different philosophies in razors.
                Pinball, 1973
                3
                The barber collects his razors together and worships them with similar rites.
                Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.
                4
                For want of razors or depilatories, the men among us grew beards.
                The Vital Abyss
                5
                An airdrop had brought them an abundance of safety razors and blades.
                Red inferno: 1945
                6
                He put down the hairbrush and inspected the razors on their shelf.
                The Happy End
                7
                He got out a case of razors and searched for the strop.
                Sight Unseen
                8
                Organic sales of personal care items such as razors were essentially flat.
                Reuters
                9
                It's the same way that they do female razors that are pink!
                The Guardian
                10
                This helps razors glide over skin better than anything else we know.
                The Irish Times
                11
                Suddenly, tenor trios and triple-blade razors were the only shows in town.
                The Irish Times
                12
                His hands touched another wall of razors, directly in front of him.
                The Wolf’s Hour
                13
                They were even experimenting with razors and quarreling amicably over their merits.
                Angel Island
                14
                Ads for men's razors frequently show men trimming and grooming their beards.
                The Guardian
                15
                They're reacting to these accusations with razors, wax and a surgeon's scalpel.
                The Guardian
                16
                Their swords, which they prize highly, are kept as sharp as razors.
                Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Sta...
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                Translations for razors
                Spanish
                afeitadora
                Razors through the time
                Razors across language varieties
                United States of America
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Common